🆕📝 ‘It’s Glowtime’ Apple Event Bingo, HeyDingus Edition
Wanna play along? You could get your name immortalized on my site! I hope all your iPhone-related dreams come true today.
A manifesto, a review's review, a YouTube channel launch, a couple of podcasts, a rock climb, and a way to get a custom shortcut and save kids from cancer all in one!
Remember when we heard about the rumor that Shortcuts was going to get a natural language-based editor? That hasn’t appeared in the Shortcuts app itself, but it’s kinda what Apple Intelligence is going to be once Siri and App Intents are pieced together into it. 🤓
🆕📝 Humility Is Better Late Than Never
Overcast's Marco Arment reflects on the negative feedback he received about its relaunch, and how he's been resolving his mistakes.
🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #570: ‘It’s a Worm’
External storage preferences, favorite collaboration tools, smartphone upgrade enticement, Skynet predictions, old clothing, and our future tech support needs. This week *really* ran the gamut.
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As we write out the potential options to solve the problem, we typically eliminate specific options based on what we know about the situation. Perhaps it is a budget issue or an infrastructure limitation. The more we can get down on paper (digital or analog) the more likely we are to come up with the best options.
Yup. Slowing down and thinking through things logically to get them on the page helps me to organize and solidify my thoughts.
It’s not done yet, but I’ve got a fresh design going at heydingus.net. You’ll see what’s new if you click into a specific page or post, like here! There’s tweaking to do, but I’m excited about where it’s going. Let me know if you see any weirdness. (And check it out on different screen sizes! 😉)
🆕📝 HeyDingus for Relay for St. Jude for Ending Childhood Cancer for 2024
Yo. You can get custom shortcuts for donations made to my campaign, or join my blogging pledge drive for St. Jude. Check it out…for the kids!
🔗 Konfetti Explorations // Marisabel Munoz // marisabel.nl
When, exactly, did reading become about quick digestion instead of deep reflection? When did we stop savoring beautifully crafted sentences, inhaling their ephemeral essence? What happened to the celebration of beautiful prose? When did practicality overshadow our appreciation for writing as an art form, rather than merely a tool for sales? When did we sell ourselves to the corporate machine, diluting our language to attract those who have no time? The answer to all these questions, it seems, is this: “It was all for the money.”
Gruber was right, this George Clooney and Brad Pitt interview with GQ is a good read.
🆕📝 Gratitude Comes From the Top
An illuminating show of character from Steve Jobs back in the day could be instructional to Apple today.
Creativity is how we make sense of the world around us. We only have one you and one chance to know the world you know.
Is this getting a little too “live, laugh, love”? Fuck it. Embrace the cringe. Stop blowing out your own candle. You know whose opinion about your art is more important than just making it?
Fucking no one’s.
🆕📝 Blaugust 2024 Retrospective
The final one. [Whew!]
🆕📝 Back to Ohio and Wedding Bound!
After three years away, I'm finally heading back to visit the old stomping grounds.
🆕📝 Simple Scan Aped My Shortcut
And I'm not even mad about it.
🆕📝 Effortlessly Scheduling My Work Shifts with Shortcuts
🚨 New Shortcut Alert! This is how I get my inconsistent work schedule onto my calendar with ease and accuracy.
What's this? An issue of 7 Things early instead of late? What a treat! #Blaugust2024
🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #569: ‘Average Mid-Sized Sedan of a Dog’
Reading Apple Books, pet gadgets, regularly-used accessibility features, a tech wish, favorite Muppets, and first apps. #Blaugust2024
I might be late to this Hemispheric Views call-to-action, but I couldn't resist sharing what I think is the most perfect start-to-finish album in my library. What's yours? #Blaugust2024
🆕📝 Snapchat’s Notifications Are the Worst
This one has been brooding in the back of my mind for years. #Blaugust2024
🆕📝 Small Life Improvement: Turn Off Your Microwave
There's a better way to live. #Blaugust2024
A few videos, a few podcasts, a great tip, and a scary future. #Blaugust2024
When you think of your blog, social networks, and other online communities, what do you picture in your mind? #Blaugust2024
Hey Overcast users, if you moved to other apps because streaming was removed from the newest version, you might be happy to hear that it’s back!
Version 2024.8.2 is now live in the App Store:
STREAMING IS BACK!
Also in this update:
- Smart Speed now displays its current speed
- Podcasts can now have different sort order for Unplayed and All modes
- Other minor fixes
It wasn’t a big deal for me, but it was for other people.